pazmander Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 As an editor, I’d say the one I correct most frequently is ‘accomodation’. Plenty of occurrences on Alamy, but I’d guess that many of them are deliberate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, pazmander said: As an editor, I’d say the one I correct most frequently is ‘accomodation’. Plenty of occurrences on Alamy, but I’d guess that many of them are deliberate. 42,193 for accomodation not accommodation Doubt that they are deliberate 3060100120 Edited October 6, 2020 by geogphotos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazmander Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 48 minutes ago, geogphotos said: 42,193 for accomodation not accommodation Doubt that they are deliberate 3060100120 Think you’re right. Just done a random check on around twenty images tagged with ‘accomodation’. Only one gave the correct spelling as an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) I find a lot of poor gramma, er grammer, er grammar used in the ritten word theas days. Also in the spoocken word two. Allan Have to add a pet hate of mine here. When did the use of "ones" become regular as in "Those ones" and "These ones". The use of "ones" in this context is superfluous. Even BBC announcers use this bad grammar. (HA! Got it right this time.) It used to just be "Those" or "These". ITMA Edited October 6, 2020 by Allan Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Coming from the Potteries, people often spell Wedgwood as Wedgewood, so I always include the incorrect spelling, and i've sold a few that have only been searched using the incorrect spelling. Another common one is Ordinance Survey instead of Ordnance Survey. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Some mistakes are gaining ground; in a few years they won’t be regarded as mistakes at all… The proof is in the pudding… I could of danced all night… Damp squid… And the new normal spelling for ‘definitely’ seems to be ‘defiantly’. Of course, it’s all epidemic now. While we’re talking about words… here’s a little joke. What do John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh have in common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, John Morrison said: Some mistakes are gaining ground; in a few years they won’t be regarded as mistakes at all… The proof is in the pudding… I could of danced all night… Damp squid… And the new normal spelling for ‘definitely’ seems to be ‘defiantly’. Of course, it’s all epidemic now. While we’re talking about words… here’s a little joke. What do John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They share a middle name? Edited October 6, 2020 by Phil Robinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Just now, Phil Robinson said: They share a middle name. Give that man a coconut... 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, John Morrison said: Give that man a coconut... 😀 I don't suppose you're the John Morrison I went to school with who became a dentist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Phil Robinson said: I don't suppose you're the John Morrison I went to school with who became a dentist? Not me. Are you thinking of Phil McCavity?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 .........I think he went to school with the Scottish cloak room attendant: Angus McCoatup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Stokie said: .........I think he went to school with the Scottish cloak room attendant: Angus McCoatup. Not to mention Sean D'Olier who became an electrician, and Rick O' Shea the famous marksman... Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Around these parts we say 'conner' for can't. Such as, "sorry duck, I conner do that" translated as "sorry my friend, I can't do that". A friend christened their son Conner: and their surname is Cope - that always make me chuckle! 😁 John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 14 hours ago, Stokie said: Coming from the Potteries, people often spell Wedgwood as Wedgewood And just to confuse matters further, the Bridgewater Canal is not in Bridgwater. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 9 hours ago, Phil Crean said: Not to mention Sean D'Olier who became an electrician, and Rick O' Shea the famous marksman... Phil Not to mention Hugh Jarse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Paddy O'Doors is the only one we know over here. wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 06/10/2020 at 13:34, geogphotos said: Yes including an obvious and known misspelling can make sense - though Alamy doesn't encourage it. But not having the correct/mainstream spelling of an important 'Tag' is what constitutes the problem - when we make mistakes without realising and end up burying our pics unintentionally. For example, I often misspell Italy through careless typing - it comes out as Itlay. Also I seem to mess up 'environment' quite often. So I have to watch those. In starting the thread I thought that people might share common errors so that we could check our own. Edit) 540 come up on Alamy for "Itlay not italy". Might be worth checking in AIM if you have any. Even worse, I often type ‘Scoltand’. Have to check every now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Sally said: Even worse, I often type ‘Scoltand’. Have to check every now and again. Scoltand! I've heard of that place but can't remember where at the moment but I am sure it is in the northern hemisphere. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 This landowner has absolved himself of all responsibility for everything including his spelling.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bella Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) On 06/10/2020 at 23:18, pazmander said: As an editor, I’d say the one I correct most frequently is ‘accomodation’. Plenty of occurrences on Alamy, but I’d guess that many of them are deliberate. I’m staying in some “accomodation” right now... two big expensive signs say so. I wanted to tell reception but I figured I probably would have been about the 1000th person to do so. I find it weird that someone hasn’t thought to check the spelling before making these things, I see it so often. When I was at school we learnt rooves not roofs... roofs still does not sound right to me. Edited October 19, 2020 by Bella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Lowe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I waited ages for a pedestrain to come along but none did...... pedestrain, not pedestrian = 1693 images 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Vincent Lowe said: I waited ages for a pedestrain to come along but none did...... pedestrain, not pedestrian = 1693 images I know they have very old trains in the UK, but from before the wheel was invented? 😁 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, wiskerke said: I know they have very old trains in the UK, but from before the wheel was invented? 😁 wim My daughter was on the last leg of her long cross country train journey home - she has been in the Midlands protesting against the building of HS2 and the destruction of ancient oak woodlands - when the conductor came around to tell the passengers that the train had been cancelled because it had run out of diesel. Britain in 2020. Edited October 20, 2020 by geogphotos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, geogphotos said: My daughter was on the last leg of her long cross country train journey home - she has been in the Midlands protesting against the building of HS2 and the destruction of ancient oak woodlands - when the conductor came around to tell the passengers that the train had been cancelled because it had run out of diesel. Britain in 2020. They should have kept the fireman and the stoker on the train. 😎 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, wiskerke said: They should have kept the fireman and the stoker on the train. 😎 wim Checking the fuel would do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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